Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist Neonatal Care

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hull is seeking a clinical expert Speech & Language Therapist for maternity cover in neonatal services. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to provide intensive care for preterm and complex infants. The role includes conducting assessments, providing therapy, and supporting community SLTs. This is a flexible position offering up to 10 hours per week, ideal for professionals looking to make an impact in neonatal care.

Qualifications

• Autonomous specialist assessment and treatment of NICU and SCBU infants.
• Experience in managing complex cases in neonatal speech and language therapy.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and therapy to preterm and complex neonates.
• Lead delivery of high-quality speech and language therapy services.
• Support community SLTs and other professionals.

Skills

Complex neonatal dysphagia management

Support of lactation and breastfeeding

Development of feeding and swallowing

Early communication and interaction

Family Integrated Care

Developmental care

Education

Relevant Speech & Language Therapy qualification

Job description

A Vacancy at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


MATERNITY COVER - NEONATES

Up to 10 hours (flexible)

We are looking for a clinical expert Speech & Language Therapist to support our neonatal services at Hull Royal Infirmary. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a Level 3 Tertiary Unit, providing intensive input to preterm and complex neonates. You will work as part of a newly-established MDT on the neonatal unit/s, working closely with other medical, nursing and AHP colleagues. You will provide autonomous specialist assessment, treatment and advice to inpatients for NICU, SCBU infants.

This role will link closely with community paediatric services provided by colleagues working in Humber Foundation trust (Hull). As part of your role, you will be expected to help support Speech and language therapy Neonatal care across the Group, and to maintain strong links with wider neonatal networks.



Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility salary requirement, therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.



To work within the Speech & Language Therapy Team to provide an efficient and effective service in line with the guidance of the Head of Speech & Language Therapy, The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

To lead delivery of a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy service in Neonatal care. This will include the provision of a high quality, effective and efficient service to infants presenting with feeding and communication difficulties related to neurological, neurodevelopmental, respiratory and cardiac difficulties and other co-morbidities, based on advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of the neonatal cohort.

To promote continuing professional development, evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, and audit/research activity. Advise and provide clinical support in the specialism to community SLTs, highly specialist speech and language therapy colleagues and other professionals, as applicable.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

· To be a clinical expert in the field of Neonatal Speech and Language Therapy providing high standard and autonomous specialist assessment, differential diagnosis, advice, goal setting, therapeutic intervention and discharge planning for infants on NICU and SCBU

· To make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases and to communicate these decisions across professional and organisational boundaries as appropriate

· To have acquired expert skills in the areas of:

- Complex neonatal dysphagia management

- High risk infants

- Support of lactation and breastfeeding including knowledge of the Baby Friendly Initiative

- Development of feeding and swallowing

- Early communication and interaction

- Family Integrated Care

- Developmental care


This advert closes on Friday 22 Aug 2025